On the Internet, our challenge is not simply to find information, but to sift out the truly useful and reliable information needed to complete a task or accomplish a goal. Tags: General News Non-profit technology nptech Google research search read more ).

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day.  The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz.  Don't limit high quality information , filter out the crap.

Card sorting is a common technique used to gather input from representative audiences about how they think about your information. For example, some labeled by type of content (“Research” or “Webinars”). Next, we’ll create a revised information architecture for the NTEN website. Tags: Information Architecture Usability

They will opt for the information that corresponds to their views nearly 75 percent of the time. The researchers also found, not surprisingly, that people are more resistant to new points of view when their own ideas are associated with political, religious or ethical values. As humans, we're innate patternmakers.

Armed with this information, smart nonprofit marketers will realize that we cannot afford to be gender blind in our outreach efforts. Tags: Marketing Research also suggested ways to better market to them. In part two of this two-part post, I’ll show you where to acquire more women donors, members, activists and volunteers.

Google Reader gets a good mention in my RSS article, Using RSS Tools to Feed your Information Needs , but deserves an even deeper dive. We've established that an RSS Reader helps you manage internet information far more efficiently than a web browser can; and we've talked in the last few posts about publishing feeds to your web site.

Presidential Election Markets » October 09, 2007 Data:Information: Knowledge: What can we do in 2 years later? ran across this one again Link: The Psychology of Information: Why we dont share. use the definitions of data, information and knowledge shown at right. We need data and information. What didnt work?

Steve Rubel has a post pointing to an " Information Overload Calculator " from the research firm Basex that is estimating that information overload costs the U.S. People are spending up to half their day managing and searching for information.    Rubel has been predicting and writing about the " Attention Crash." 

One of the great things about the nonprofit technology field is the collection of nonprofit organizations that provide what is often called “Intermediary&# services to other nonprofits: information and resources that help nonprofit organizations do the work they do in the world,  by helping them make good technology decisions.

This dismal of using MySpace seemed to increase after the Causes application left nonprofit MySpace users high and dry, and only gave them notice a couple of days before (See Beth Kanter's post and Amy Sample Ward's post for more information on that). I just met with Brian Clark, the Program Manager for an organization called STRONG Fathers.